Philadelphia Union vs Sporting Kansas City — Major League Soccer 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 12+ matches
Philadelphia Union57%
Sporting Kansas City20%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Philadelphia Union creates 86% more chances
Season form · 12 home / 21 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over52
- Under48
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes52
- No48
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Philadelphia Union ↓
Most likely 1–0 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Philadelphia Union at home — creates 1.48, concedes 1.11 · 12 matches
Sporting Kansas City away — creates 0.83, concedes 2.12 · 21 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Philadelphia Union attack 1.48 + Sporting Kansas City defence 2.12 → ÷2 → 1.80
Sporting Kansas City attack 0.83 + Philadelphia Union defence 1.11 → ÷2 → 0.97
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 57%?"
Philadelphia Union at 57% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 57% does not mean "Philadelphia Union will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Philadelphia Union host Sporting Kansas City on Sunday, 23 September 2018 at 17:00. The match is part of the Major League Soccer 2026/2027 season.
Match Recap: Philadelphia Union vs Sporting Kansas City
Philadelphia Union beat Sporting Kansas City 2-0 in Major League Soccer on September 23, 2018.
The match was played at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester.